Popular song in Sérgio Ricardo’s films: politization, stylization and narrative function

Sérgio Ricardo (1932-2020) played an important role in Brazilian Cinema Novo as composer of the score of films like Deus e Diabo na Terra do Sol (1964). Less famous are the movies directed by Sérgio Ricardo, such as Juliana do Amor Perdido (1970) and A Noite do Espantalho (1974), for which he also c...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mendonça, Joêzer, Fernandes, Gabriela Araújo
Format: Online
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Estadual de Campinas 2020
Subjects:
Online Access:https://econtents.sbu.unicamp.br/inpec/index.php/muspop/article/view/14312
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Sérgio Ricardo (1932-2020) played an important role in Brazilian Cinema Novo as composer of the score of films like Deus e Diabo na Terra do Sol (1964). Less famous are the movies directed by Sérgio Ricardo, such as Juliana do Amor Perdido (1970) and A Noite do Espantalho (1974), for which he also composed the soundtrack. As a musician and filmmaker, Sérgio Ricardo was involved in the 1960’s with CPC (Center of Popular Culture) and its Project of a revolutionary popular art. This paper aims to analyze the political dimension and stylized manufacturing of the songs in Sérgio Ricardo’s films. During the analysis, we explored the relationship between the theme of the plot and the music, when we observed the narrative role of the songs: diegetic in A Noite do Espantalho, and non-diegetic in the scenes of Esse Mundo é Meu and Juliana do Amor Perdido, the latter being the subject of our most extensive analysis. We consider that the music in Sérgio Ricardo's movies is characterized by political objectivity and stylization of regionalist aspects, whether it is urban samba, the “caiçara” music of the São Paulo coast or the musical sounds of Northeastern backlands in the latter, all integrally mixed to the narrative function.
ISSN:2316-7858